This wordless collection of strips by renowned artistdesigner Rian Hughes reveals the lighter side of our obsession with social rankings When everyone has a number everyone knows their place Lower numbers are better higher numbers are less important & that&s just the way it is But what if that number could change? You might try to buck the system & assert your individuality or you might end up with a big fat zero Big questions are explored & unexpected answers found in the first solo comics collection from award-winning designer & illustrator Rian Hughes His whimsical witty & insightful strips will make you both smile & consider Where do you stand in the pecking order? Is your number up? About the Author Rian Hughes is a graphic designer illustrator comic artist author & typographer From his studio Device he has produced watches for Swatch Hawaiian shirts logo designs for Batman & Spiderman an iconoclastic revamp of British comic hero Dan Dare & collaborated on a set of six children’s books with Geri Halliwell A retrospective monograph “ Art Commercial” was published in 2001 Recent books include Cult-ure Ideas can be Dangerous Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s & his book of burlesque art Soho Dives Soho Divas His comic strips have been collected in Yesterdays Tomorrows which was launched at the ICA London He has an extensive collection of Thunderbirds memorabilia a fridge full of vodka & a stack of easy listening albums which he plays very quietly